When Attorney General Pam Bondi sent Minnesota Governor Tim Walz a letter demanding voter data just hours after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, she attempted to leverage ICE operations as a coercive weapon. The FBI seizure of Fulton County’s 2020 ballots and the subpoena for Maricopa County’s election records (based on discredited conspiracy theories) was another escalation. By continuing a false narrative about the 2020 election, Trump may destabilize the 2026 election.
Here’s the good news: State and local officials are holding the line against federal overreach. From Democrat Joceyln Benson in Michigan to Republican Brad Raffensperger in Georgia, secretaries of state from both parties have refused to comply with Trump’s demands. State legislatures, even in deep-red states, have refused to carry out Trump’s agenda: Indiana blocked mid-decade redistricting, for example, and Texas failed to pass a restrictive proof-of-citizenship voter mandate. Idaho recently denied the DOJ access to their voter rolls, reaffirming states’ authority to govern their own elections. Meanwhile, our federal and state courts are consistently standing up for the Constitution and the rule of law.
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